Bhakta Kannappa

Bhakta Kannappa

Directed by	Bapu
Produced by	U. Suryanarayana Raju
Written by	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring	Krishnam Raju Vanisree M. Balaiah Rao Gopal Rao Sarathi Allu Ramalingaiah Sreedhar Surapaneni Mukkamala M. Prabhakar Reddy
Music by	Chellapilla Satyam
Cinematography	V. S. R. Swamy M. V. Raghu
Edited by	Mandapati Ramachandraiah
Release dates	1976
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhakta Kannappa (English title: Devotee Kannappa) is a 1976 Telugu film directed by Bapu. It is based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar.

Credits

Cast

Krishnam Raju as Arjuna / Kannappa / Tinna
Vanisree as Neela
M. Balaiah as Lord Shiva
Rao Gopal Rao as Kailasanatha Shastri
Sarathi as Kashinatha Shastri
Allu Ramalingaiah
Sridhar as Mallanna
M. Prabhakar Reddy as Neela's father
Mukkamala as Pedavema Reddy
P. R. Varalakshmi as Goddess Parvati
Jhansi
Baby Varalakshmi
Baby Rohini
Jaya Malini as Ranjanam

Crew

Director: Bapu
Writer: Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Producer: U. Suryanarayana Raju
Production executive: Jayakrishna
Production Company: Gopi Krishna Combines
Original Music: Chellapilla Satyam
Cinematography: V. S. R. Swamy
Film Editing: Mandapati Ramachandraiah
Art Direction: Vaali and V. Bhaskara Raju
Camera Operator: S. Gopal Reddy
Assistant Cameramen: M. V. Raghu and Sharath
Playback singers: S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramaniam, P. Susheela and V. Ramakrishna

Production

Krishnam Raju got inspired by Ben-Hur (1959) and wanted to make a film like that and made this film. For songs recording, the unit went to tribal areas and composed their tunes and rhythms as songs for the film. In fact, the song "Enniyallo" was based on the research they had done.^[1]

Songs

"Aakasham Dinchala Nelavanka Tunchala" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)
"Kanda Gelichindi Kanne Dorikindi" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju, Vanisree and Others)
"Om Namassivaya Srikantalokesha" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
"Paravasamuna Sivudu" (Kiratarjuneeyam) (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
"Siva Siva Ananelara" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: S. Janaki)
"Siva Siva Sankara Bhaktava Sankara" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju)
"Thalli Thandri" (Singer: P. Susheela)
"Thinavayya"
"Thakita Thakita" (Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)
"Yenniyallo Yenniyallo Chandamama" (Lyrics: Arudra; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)

Box-office

The fim is a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.^[2]

Awards

National Film Award for Best Audiography - S. P. Ramanathan

References

External links

Bhakta Kannappa at the Internet Movie Database

Filmography of Bapu

1960s	Sakshi (1967) Bangaaru Pichika (1968) Buddhimantudu (1969)

1970s	Balaraju Katha (1970) Sampoorna Ramayanamu (1971) Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1974) Mutyala Muggu (1975) Bhakta Kannappa (1976) Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978) Gorantha Deepam (1978) Toorpu Velle Railu (1979)

1980s	Vamsa Vruksham (1980) Hum Paanch (1980) Radha Kalyanam (1981) Pelleedu Pillalu (1982) Mantri Gari Viyyankudu (1983) Woh Saat Din (1983) Seethamma Pelli (1984) Pyari Behna (1985) Bullet (1985) Prem Pratigyaa (1989)

1990s	Pelli Pustakam (1991) Mister Pellam (1993) Paramaatma (1994) Rambantu (1996)

2000s	Radha Gopalam (2005) Sundarakanda (2008)

2010s	Sri Rama Rajyam (2011)

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